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AST: Automatic Spanning Tree

Automatic Spanning Tree (AST) is a function that supports the automatic resolution of spanning trees in source-route bridging (SRB) networks, providing a single path for spanning explorer frames to traverse from a given node in the network to another. AST is based on the IEEE 802.1 standard.

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AST: Automatic Spanning Tree